Probing the relationship between early star formation and CO in the dwarf irregular galaxy WLM with JWST

Haylee N. Archer, Deidre A. Hunter, Bruce G. Elmegreen +5

Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) is a Local Group dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxy with a metallicity 13% of solar. At 1 Mpc, the relative isolation of WLM provides a unique opportunity to…